2 Kings 8:1

New Century Version

Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had brought back to life. He said, “Get up and go with your family. Stay any place you can, because the Lord has called for a time without food that will last seven years.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At this time there was not much food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because there was so little food.

Genesis 26:1

Now there was a time of hunger in the land, besides the time of hunger that happened during Abraham’s life. So Isaac went to the town of Gerar to see Abimelech king of the Philistines.

Genesis 41:25

Then Joseph said to the king, “Both of these dreams mean the same thing. God is telling you what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:32

You had two dreams which mean the same thing. This shows that God has firmly decided that this will happen, and he will make it happen soon.

Genesis 41:54

Then the seven years of hunger began, just as Joseph had said. In all the lands people had nothing to eat, but in Egypt there was food.

Genesis 47:4

They said to the king, “We have come to live in this land, because there is no grass in the land of Canaan for our animals to eat, and the hunger is terrible there. So please allow us to live in the land of Goshen.”

2 Samuel 21:1

During the time David was king, there was a shortage of food that lasted for three years. So David prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered, “Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for this shortage, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 24:13

So Gad went to David and said to him, “Should three years of hunger come to you and your land? Or should your enemies chase you for three months? Or should there be three days of disease in your land? Think about it. Then decide which of these things I should tell the Lord who sent me.”

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite was a prophet from the settlers in Gilead. “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel,” Elijah said to Ahab. “As surely as the Lord lives, no rain or dew will fall during the next few years unless I command it.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to meet Ahab. By this time there was no food in Samaria.

2 Kings 4:18

The boy grew up and one day went out to his father, who was with the grain harvesters.

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha called Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite!” So he did. When she came, Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”

2 Kings 4:38

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a shortage of food in the land. While the groups of prophets were sitting in front of him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on the fire, and boil some stew for these men.”

2 Kings 7:20

It happened to the officer just that way. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

2 Kings 8:2

So the woman got up and did as the man of God had said. She left with her family, and they stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

Psalm 105:16

God ordered a time of hunger in the land, and he destroyed all the food.

Psalm 107:34

He made fertile land salty, because the people there did evil.

Jeremiah 25:29

Look! I am already bringing disaster on Jerusalem, the city that is called by my name. Do you think you will not be punished? You will be punished! I am sending war on all the people of the earth, says the Lord All-Powerful.’

Leviticus 26:26

There will be very little bread to eat; ten women will be able to cook all your bread in one oven. They will measure each piece of bread, and you will eat, but you will still be hungry.

Amos 4:6

“I did not give you any food in your cities, and there was not enough to eat in any of your towns, but you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.

Haggai 1:11

I have called for a time without rain on the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, the plants which the earth produces, the people, the farm animals, and all the work of your hands.”

Luke 21:11

In various places there will be great earthquakes, sicknesses, and a lack of food. Fearful events and great signs will come from heaven.

Luke 21:22

These are the days of punishment to bring about all that is written in the Scriptures.

Luke 4:25

But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah. It did not rain in Israel for three and one-half years, and there was no food anywhere in the whole country.

Acts 11:28

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and spoke with the help of the Holy Spirit. He said, “A very hard time is coming to the whole world. There will be no food to eat.” (This happened when Claudius ruled.)

Ruth 1:1

Long ago when the judges ruled Israel, there was a shortage of food in the land.